A4e is in the running for a major contract with the Home Office despite fraud
investigations into the company owned by David Cameron’s former “families
champion”.

David Cameron has been facing intense pressure to suspend the company from bidding for future contracts, after police arrested several former A4e staff.

The Government is conducting a separate inquiry into the company, which has contracts to help jobless people get back to work.

However, it emerged last night that A4e is one of the bidders for a contract with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to run a helpline giving advice to people about their rights in discrimination cases.

A4e and Home Office denied reports the company has been made the preferred bidder yet.

However, A4e is still in the running for the contract, despite calls for a moratorium on giving new work to the company

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An A4e spokesman said: “The Home Office procurement process for this contract has not concluded as yet. We have not been informed that we are a preferred bidder. Given that the process is on-going, you would not expect us to comment on the detail of our bid as it is commercially sensitive.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “The procurement process for the Equality Advisory and Support service is ongoing and A4e have not been made the preferred bidder for this contract.”